#teclis

[barpsy-abaub]

[heuldoch7b]

i guess i gotta get into sigmar cause these guys are the best thing ever. they have like two paragraphs of lore together so were looking good 👍

[farsight-the-char]

Alarielle when she picks up the Sword of Khaine in Total War. Teclis having a podcast.

by Bolter to Kokoro

[e3n-ethan]

Okay so a more proper write up of the “If you like this character in 40k/horus heresy you might enjoy this character in fantasy/AoS”. The book recommendations are often just what I have personally read, I welcome additions other people have. Characters and book recommendations under the cut!

I’ll add to this if I have more ideas.

Uriel Ventris - Vandus Hammerhand (The Realmgate Wars) - you enjoy straight laced soldiers that try to do the best they can, that have a second in command completely devoted to them, so far so they’d follow them beyond the boundaries of death, that slowly get changed by their duty to become more unfeeling and brutal? Well, you’re in luck! Vandus also comes with a dracoth (a Demi-dragon to ride) and a haunted look in his eyes!

Jaghatai Khan - Sathphren Swiftbale (Hallowed Knights) - you like speedy boys who laugh a lot, are generally positive but are seen as barbarians by many people due to their background and are really bad with their record keeping and requisition orders? Have a Sathphren! He comes with a gryphcharger named Gwyllth and a propensity to do stupid shit!

Rogal Dorn - Lorrus Grymn (The Realmgate Wars, Hallowed Knights) - you like strait laced men that appear cold but are internally softies? Have a Lorrus! He also comes with a doggo he adores and is constantly petting or carrying around, and a habit of building hospitals to make his best friend happy.

Sanguinius - Gardus Steel Soul (The Realmgate Wars, Hallowed Knights) - you like your men with more than a bit of Jesus imagery, who’re considered the main “favorite” of their respective god/totally not god who have a physical manifestation of what other people consider a sign of their proximity to divinity, who’re deeply uncomfortable with it? Gardus in addition to this is also a former doctor who hugs kids, takes care of the elderly and is absolutely fucking unhinged.

Magnus the Red - Teclis (Tyrion & Teclis, Giantslayer, pretty much most warhammer properties that feature high elves at least mention him) - you like magic boys better than all other magic boys with a side of tragedy? And an abusive father who treats them better than their siblings but still only cares about their magic abilities? Who feels ostracized and alone? You might be interested in Teclis! His story also deals with the fact that he’s physically disabled in a society that is incredibly ableist, and his complicated but (mostly) loving relationship with his twin brother.

Perturabo - Balthasar Gelt/Balthas Arum (Soul Wars) - you like socially awkward geniuses that never feel good enough, like to hide their emotions and can’t handle their own failure? Balthas here also comes with a side of trauma from having thrown in his lot with Nagash before!

Ciaphas Cain - Felix Jaeger (Gotrek & Felix) - you like kind of pathetic men that think they suck but are actually heroic as fuck? You like men that pretend they’re selfish but can’t stand for injustice? Well, Felix also happens to be a socialist poet. Who also tends to fuck up all his relationships with women because he’s 21 and let’s be real, who was good at dating at 21.

Corvus Corax - Cado Ezechiar (The Hollow King) - you like gothic heroes that reference literature (Cado’s powers are literally Dracula’s from the book - including the silly stuff)? You like men that look dark and broody and anti-hero-y but are good people that have a desire to help others? You like it when they’re still despite that hypocrites? Well, do I have the sad vampire boy for you! And he even works on actually doing smth about overcoming his hypocrisy and hopefully becoming less pouty about admitting that he’s a good person.

Roboute Guilliman - Alarielle the Everqueen (Tyrion & Teclis, Realmgate Wars) - you like leaders that are suffering under the weight of what is expected of them? That suffer under awakening to a world that is not for them anymore? That have to look strong for everyone, even when they aren’t? Alarielle also comes with a really cute romance!

Constantin Valdor - Yndrasta (Yndrasta: The Celestial Spear) - you like spear users that see themselves as only a weapon, depersonalize themselves, refuse to admit they have emotions, and would genuinely prefer to be automatons? Yndrasta is also a bisexual woman with wings!

Cyrion - Mannfred von Carstein (Realmgate Wars, Hallowed Knights, but most death and vampire books have him lurking around somewhere) - you like snarky assholes that are evil backstabbers but still pitiable who work for a cause they lost all belief in? Mannfred also comes with a best friend he can’t let go off and hallucinates about, daddy issues, and a skeletal dragon.

Marazhai - Malus Darkblade (Malus Darkblade) - you like edgy emo evil dark elves? Yes? Well. Have a Malus. He’s pathetic and he whines a lot.

Nefertari - Maleneth Witchblade (Gotrek & Maleneth, Shades of Khaine) - you like brutal evil elf women that could kill you, are contractually obliged to work with a man who certainly does not deserve a goddess like her, has some sort of issue with her people back home, and is the biggest badass to ever badass? Maleneth also has mommy issues.

[primarchslut]

TOTAL WAR III: WARHAMMER - legendary lords idles.

HIGH ELVES - TECLIS, HIGH LOREMASTER OF HOETH

[raleighrador]

A lot of Warhammer is derivative dross that has no purpose beyond advertising plastic toys.

And some of it fucks so incredibly vigorously and I don’t understand why more people aren’t all over it.

The cosmic family drama of the line of Aenarion is just absolutely delightful.

Basically Elf King Arthur (Aenarion) is the absolute worst and loves nothing but war and because of that his Guinevere and children all die. He then meets elf Morgana le Fey (Morathi). They both conclude “I can make them worse” but also “god damn the sexual chemistry is off the scale”.

They have a son, elf Mordred (Malekith), who is very good at lots of things but sucks ontologically.

Aenarion dies saving the world (but kind of from the disaster he sort of caused?) and the elf Round table are like “hell no is elf Mordred becoming king” and so the rig the sword in the stone.

In this instance the test to become king is to set yourself on fire. Only the pure of heart or whatever will survive, anyone else will die.

The round table cheat though. They pick who they want and then use magic to protect him from the flames. Malekith and Morathi are PISSED but while Morathi is scheming, Malekith yeets himself into the flames.

It goes poorly and he’s horrifically burned. However he doesn’t die.

Literally everyone is upset. Malekith because he’s toast, Morathi because her son is toast and not king but she’s also like “… hang on? Is he actually divine?!”, and the round table go from “lol idiot” to “oh fuck is he actually divine?!”

Malekith and Morathi get banished to America, and spend 10,000 years being in the most toxic Oedipal relationship imaginable and elf Camelot kind of carries on.

Eventually, elf Merlin (Teclis) is born but plot twist he’s one of a pair of twins and his brother is… elf Arthur 2 electric boogaloo (Tyrion).

There’s like a thing where various of elf Arthur’s descendants look like him or act like him or whatever and this is a semi blessing semi curse. This new kid though IS Arthur.

Like down to his very soul, he in all ways seems to be Arthur reborn (and turns out kinda is).

Everyone is upset.

Malekith hates, loves, fears, envy’s his dad/great grand nephew. Teclis is like “on the one hand he’s my brother on the other hand he’s going to ruin everything”. Round table are doing the Michael Scott biting lip and wincing face.

And Morathi literally upends like 10,000 years of history and politics because she’s willing to risk it all for that Arthussy.

It’s fantastic. They all suck and are drama queens and it’s brilliant.

And they wind up helping destroy the world they claim to want to save through the power of all sucking so much.

What’s even better though is through all the various IP shenanigans that resulted in GW giving up on Warhammer Fantasy, Morathi became probably the most interesting character in all their IP and a genuinely fascinating fantasy character in her own right.

Her arc goes from very tired and lazy “evil seductress ruins good man for own ends” through “wow this is fucked up she’s banging her own son because she sucks” to “ok actually this is all incredibly sad and complex and fucked up but her and her son are the only people either of them have and love each other as much as they they hate each other and live lost in the shadow of the husband/father that was never the man they remember but in each others arms then lies they tell themselves ring more true”.

And then it gets better.

Because Morathi survives the end of the world and then…

Turns herself into a god by EATING the deity she had spent 10,000 years worshipping.

Which honestly is so fucking cool.

She dedicated herself first to her husband, then to her son, and finally to her god.

She dedicated herself at all times to a man - a man who would save her or love her or protect her or give her the world.

And every single one, every single time, let her down.

And so eventually she just took the power for herself.

Also she’s a giant snake.

Anyway read Warhammer stuff.

[mcnostril]

As we can see from the Immortal Empires trailer, there is an oft forgotten secret to successful diplomacy : Never ever let Teclis speak.

[cutievelocity]

Warhammer secret santa gift for @e3n-ethan !

Capturing a moment with Teclis enjoying a rant from Tyrion

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